Ford government announces sweeping changes to prevent OSAP misuse - Toronto Star

Private career colleges will be held financially liable for OSAP misuse under the Ontario government's new legislation to address fraud concerns.

Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities Nolan Quinn speaks to reporters during a scrum at Queen’s Park on Oct. 27.

Private career colleges will be held financially liable for OSAP misuse and face limits on increases to student aid “to prevent rapid expansion” under new legislation to address growing concerns about fraud.

Schools will also have to operate physical campuses, be banned from close ties with immigration and recruitment firms and require more stringent student verification, the government said Thursday in announcing the changes that come after it temporarily banned student aid from all private colleges while a third-party audit looking for suspicious activity continues.

“Ontario’s post-secondary system is intended to prepare students for our province’s in-demand careers of tomorrow and any misuse of this system for personal predatory gain is entirely unacceptable,” Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn said in a written statement about the new legislation, to be introduced next week.

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